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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-7660

It is possible to create a specially crafted node name that does not exist as part of the cluster and point it to a malicious node.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 5.63%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Apache Solr uses a PKI based mechanism to secure inter-node communication when security is enabled. It is possible to create a specially crafted node name that does not exist as part of the cluster and point it to a malicious node. This can trick the nodes in cluster to believe that the malicious node is a member of the cluster. So, if Solr users have enabled BasicAuth authentication mechanism using the BasicAuthPlugin or if the user has implemented a custom Authentication plugin, which does not implement either "HttpClientInterceptorPlugin" or "HttpClientBuilderPlugin", his/her servers are vulnerable to this attack. Users who only use SSL without basic authentication or those who use Kerberos are not affected.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
5.63% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
apache/solr
Source
security@apache.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.